CLINTON, Md. 鈥� A 23-year-old man was shot through the window of his basement bedroom and killed Thursday night.
Prince George鈥檚 County detectives said that Kevin Washington Jr.’s death was not a random killing, and that someone had it out for him.
But Friday as a group of friends mourned outside the home he lived in on Alan Drive in Clinton, not everyone could understand why.
鈥淗e was a good person,鈥� said a friend named William. 鈥淗e never caused problems, nothing. You could talk to him 鈥� you could talk to him about anything.鈥�
He and Washington had been out together earlier this week.
鈥淚 was going to come over after the game,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd then this happened.”
Washington lived in a house owned by his aunt, on a street where some residents have lived for several decades. A middle school sits behind the home.
Washington鈥檚 father was at the scene early Friday morning and made a plea to his son’s killer through NBC Washington.
鈥淛ust turn yourself in,鈥� said Kevin Washington Sr. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 all I want him to do. Because I鈥檓 losing my son. My only son.鈥�
Police have not publicly identified a motive or a suspect in the case.
